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Five fishing lakes in the Blackmore Vale - carp of up to 40lbs

Butchery on site selling local meat and chicken

On the edge of a 60-acre wood

Angling for some serious fishing? The five fishing lakes (including three specimen carp lakes) at Coking Farm Fishery in Dorset’s Blackmore Vale will have you hooked: as well as carp, there's catfish, tench, bream and roach to land, with some of the bigger carp weighing in at nearly 40lbs: take a look at the Coking Farm photos for some monster catches. (Please be aware that fishing is very strictly catch and release and all fishery rules must be adhered to).

If you want to sample some fresh Dorset produce from the campsite, a butchery on site sells local meats; chicken and (occasionally) duck eggs and preserves can usually be picked up too. You'll find sheep, Kunekune pigs, ducks and chickens wandering about too, so please keep your pup on a lead at all times.

Coking Farm has a generous four-acre field where you can park next to your pitch and borrow a firepit if you choose. Off-site, there's a One Stop shop at the local garage in West Stour, where you can pick up all the essentials. The site is also just four miles from the best local supermarket, Dykes, in Stalbridge (which does an excellent cooked breakfast).

The pitches at Coking Farm Fishery are set beside the 60 acres of Fifehead Wood to wander around too. If you manage to put down the fishing rod, that is...

The gate been lock at 9pm and not been given the code Booked with pitch up after the site no longer used them meaning they didn't know we was coming lucky enough they had room

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Very friendly staff. Good size level pitches. Good clean facilities.09/02/2018

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Had a great few days at Coking Farm. It was easier to find than we thought it would be. Check in was really quick as we were the only ones booked in that day. Tent pitches with hook up are more than big enough and each one with its own fire pit which was fabulous for the evenings/nights which were a little chilly! Our kids are older 17 & 12 and they absolutely loved the fishing. I, on the other hand, am not a fisherman, but took great pleasure in the woodland walks with the dog every day and enjoying the peaceful surroundings. Good showers and toilet facilities. All in all a good time was had by all and we will definitely be returning.

Washing up area would benefit from cleaning. If someone else is using water, then shower becomes very hot-my daughter cried as it was too hot.

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Excellent site with clean facilities, friendly staff and level pitche08/20/2018

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Very friendly good food and butchers pitch area very well kept toilet area well kept and cleaned daily well worth the holiday will be going again Recommended by to any fisher man well stocked lakes 10 out of 10.

Directions

Start address or zip code:

From Shaftesbury, take the A30 towards Sherborne for 7 miles. Our driveway is on the left, approximately 1 mile after the Ship Inn at West Stour. The campsite is signposted.

From Sherborne, take the A30 towards Shaftesbury and Salisbury. Our driveway is approximately 2 miles on the right after the traffic light controlled crossroads (over the river Cale and just beyond the large picnic layby).

From the A303, either take the A350 to Shaftesbury, or the A357 from Wincanton, and onto the A30 as above.

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Once you’ve finished checking out all the other fishing in the area – there’s quite a bit – this part of Dorset is sublime for scenery and walks.

Ascending out of Blackmoor Vale, the setting for the start of Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, is the Woodland Trust-managed Duncliffe Wood, or you could drive for about an hour to get to the pristine World Heritage Site of the Jurassic Coast for cliff walks, beaches and yet more fishing.

If you’re a two-wheeler type, a mighty challenge is to bike up Gold Hill in nearby Shaftesbury, which the tired-legged Hovis boy pushed his bike up in the TV ad; Shaftesbury is one of the highest towns in the country, as he could no doubt tell you, and overlooks Blackmore Vale for whimsical painting of the parts you hiked the day before.

There are several other historic Dorset towns and villages nearby: Sherborne with its Walter Raleigh-built castle and medieval buildings; Cerne Abbas with a giant naked man on its hillside and Stalbridge, where Douglas Adams wrote most of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Keeping up the Dorset literary theme, a visit to the county town of Dorchester is a must for more Thomas Hardy connections: his home in town is now managed by the National Trust and Dorchester and the surrounding area was the inspiration for much of his work.

Several museums are in town too: if this all sounds a bit too grown-up, the Dinosaur Museum and the Dorset Teddy Bear Museum should regress you to childhood nicely.

Policies

Permitted arrival/departure time

RV, trailer and tent sites

Arrive:

10 a.m. –

6 p.m.

Depart:

10 a.m.

Coking Farm Fishery Caravan and Campsite cancelation policy

No refunds within 2 weeks of arrival date.

If you need to cancel or amend your booking, please give as much notice as possible so that someone else has the chance to book. You may wish to buy holiday insurance for cancelations and for your property/injury whilst away.

Please note that your deposit is paid to Pitchup.com and is non-refundable.

Payment

A 15% non-refundable deposit is payable now.
Coking Farm Fishery Caravan and Campsite will debit the balance from your card 2 weeks
before arrival, or if the arrival date is sooner than 2 weeks
then the balance will be taken immediately.

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Terms and conditions

General
A state-issued fishing license is required (you'll need to apply for this beforehand).

Dogs
Dogs must be kept on leashes and supervised at all times.

Reception
Reception is unmanned after 5 p.m.. Please inform the park while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time, so that the team can provide information about your unit/pitch.

Vehicles
The car is only included in the rate if you are travelling with a camper, trailer tent or tent. Cars are not permitted when travelling with a motorhome/RV.

Additional terms

Only well-behaved dogs are welcome.

Charges to fish are £6 per person per day. If you wish to fish on the specimen lakes at weekends you must inform us by using the 'special requests' box on your booking form or by using the contact details provided in your booking confirmation email.